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1 E A R T H FOURTH EDITION FRANK PRESS National Academy of Sciences RAYMOND SIEVER Harvard University W. H. Freeman and Company New York
2 Preface xiii Acknowledgments xviii PART I PROLOGUE CHAPTER 1 HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND SOLAR SYSTEM 3 The Uniqueness of Planet Earth 3 Aspects of Geology 4 Origin of the System of Planets 5 Earth as an Evolving Planet 10 Heating, Overturn, and Formation of a Differentiated Earth 11
3 Box 1-1 The Relative Abundance of the Elements 15 The Earth Machine Set in Motion, Much as We Know It Today 16 CHAPTER 2 THE ROCK RECORD AND THE GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE 23 Timing the Earth 23 The Rock Record 26 Rocks as Records of Earth Movements 36 Evolution and the Time Scale 38 Absolute Time and the Geologic Time Scale 39 The Clocks in Rocks: Radioactive Atoms 41 Box 2-1 Dating Rocks by Means of Radioactive Minerals 44 Ages of Meteorites 45 How to Synchronize Clocks: The Stratigraphic and Absolute Time Scales 45 An Overview of the Geologic Clock 49 CHAPTER 3 ROCKS AND MINERALS 51 The Materials of the Earth 52 Crystals: Faces and Symmetry 54 Box 3-1 Crystal Symmetry 56 Minerals and the Microscope 58 The Atomic Structure of Minerals 58 Box 3-2 Electronic Structure of the Elements 61 X Rays: The Diagnostic Tool of Mineralogy 64, Physical and Chemical Properties of Minerals 65 Box 3-3 Properties of Rock-forming Silicates 68 Rocks as Mineral Aggregates 72 CHAPTER 4 FOLDS, FAULTS, AND OTHER RECORDS OF ROCK DEFORMATION 81 How Rocks Deform 82 Folds 84 Fractures and Faults 89 Imprints of Igneous Intrusion and Metamorphism 94 Topographic Expression of Deformation 95
4 vii PART II THE SKIN OF THE EARTH: SURFACE PROCESSES CHAPTER 5 WEATHERING: THE DECOMPOSITION OF ROCKS 101 How Fast Does a Rock Decay? 102 The Weathering of Feldspar 103 Box 5-1 Chemical Weathering of Feldspar 106 Dissolving without a Trace 108 Box 5-2 Carbonic Acid Chemistry 109 Concepts of Stability 111 Fragmentation 112 Soil: The Residue of Weathering 117 Weathering: The Transformation of Igneous Rock to Sediment 120 CHAPTER 6 EROSION AND LANDSCAPE 125 Mass Movements 126 The Form of the Surface: High and Low 132 A Contrast in Topography 134 The Overall Pattern 136 Climate and Topography 138 Landforms: The Physiognomy of the Earth 140 Evolution of Landscape 145 CHAPTER 7 THE NATURAL WATER CYCLE AND GROUNDWATER 151 Water, Water, Everywhere Water Transport: The Hydrologic Cycle 152 Water in the Ground 159 Box 7-1 Darcy's Law of Groundwater Motion 166 The Quality of Water 168 Where Did All the Water Come From? 174 CHAPTER 8 RIVERS: CURRENTS, CHANNELS, AND NETWORKS 178 How Currents Move Particles 179 Erosion by Currents 184 Box 8-1 Bedforms and Depth, Velocity, and Grain Size 185
5 viii The River as a System 186 Box 8-2 How Velocity of a River Depends on Slope and Channel 190 Drainage Networks 198 The End of the Line: Deltas 203 CHAPTER 9 WIND, DUST, AND DESERTS 210 How Much Can the Wind Carry? 211 Wind Erosion 215 Deserts: Much Wind and Rare Water 216 Depositional Landforms of the Wind: Dunes 224 Dust Falls 228 CHAPTER 10 THE FLOW OF ICE: GLACIERS 232 The Formation of Glaciers 233 How Ice Moves 236 Shapes and Sizes of Glaciers 239 Glacial Erosion and Deposition 243 The Pleistocene Epoch and Indirect Effects of Glaciation 252 CHAPTER 11 OCEAN PROCESSES 259 The Edge of the Sea 261 Beaches 265 Tides 273 Continental Shelves 276 Continental Slope and Rise 280 Turbidity Currents 282 The Profile of the Oceans 285 Oceanic Circulation and Transport of Terrigenous Sediment 290 CHAPTER 12 SEDIMENTATION AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS 300 Sedimentation as a Downhill Process 301 Clastic Sediments 302 Clastic Sedimentary Environments 309 Chemical Sediments: Carbonates and Their Depositional Environments 314 Other Chemical Sediments 324 Burial and Accumulation of Sediment 329 Tectonics and Sediment Composition 332 Sediment into Rock: Diagenesis 333
6 CHAPTER 13 INTERACTIONS OF CRUST, OCEANS, AND ATMOSPHERE 337 Ocean-Crust Interactions 338 Box 13-1 Calculating Residence Times 341 Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions 341 The Biosphere and Its Interactions 343 Interaction of the Surface with the Interior 343 The Carbon Cycle 345 Carbon Dioxide and Climate 349 The Geological Evolution of Interacting Earth Systems 351 Interactions of Life with the Environment 355 Hazards to the Environment 356 PART III THE BODY OF THE EARTH: INTERNAL PROCESSES CHAPTER 14 THE INTERNAL HEAT OF THE EARTH 365 Heat Production and Transfer in the Earth 366 Box 14-1 Convection 369 Thermal State of the Interior 369 Box 14-2 Unscrambling the Sources of \ Heat Flow from the Interior 371 Box 14-3 Anchoring the Geotherm 375 CHAPTER 15 PLUTONISM: THE FORMATION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS 379 Granite 380 Melting and Crystallization 381 Box 15-1 Crystallization of Plagioclase Feldspars 383 Magmatic Differentiation 384 Origin of Magma 388 The Major Igneous Rock Families 391 The Forms of Magmatic Intrusions 392 CHAPTER 16 VOLCANISM 399 Volcanic Deposits 400 Eruptive Styles 406 Case Histories of Volcanoes 417 The Global Pattern of Volcanism 422 Volcanism and Human Affairs 426
7 CHAPTER 17 METAMORPHISM 432 Types of Metamorphism 433 Metamorphic Textures 434 Box 17-1 Metamorphic Chemical Reactions 438 Regional Metamorphism 440 Contact Metamorphism 443 Metamorphic Chemical Changes 444 CHAPTER 18 SEISMOLOGY AND THE EARTH'S INTERIOR 448 Seismographs 448 Earthquakes 449 Exploring the Interior with Seismic Waves 464 Box 18-1 Finding Oil with Seismic Waves 467 Box 18-2 High Pressure and Shock Experiments 469 Box 18-3 Seismological Sounding of the Earth's Crust and Upper Mantle 470 CHAPTER 19 THE EARTH'S MAGNETISM AND GRAVITY 476 Earth's Magnetic Field 477 Exploring the Earth with Gravity 489 CHAPTER 20 GLOBAL PLATE TECTONICS: THE UNIFYING MODEL 498 Plate Tectonics: A Review and Summary 500 Box 20-1 Solving for the Relative Motions of Plates 507 Sea-floor Spreading and Continental Draft: Rethinking Earth History 508 Box 20-2 Plate Motions on a Spherical Earth 509 Box 20-3 Charting the Sea Floor by Satellite 516 The Driving Mechanism of Plate Tectonics 521 CHAPTER 21 DEFORMATION OF THE EARTH'S CRUST 525 Regional Movement of the Earth's Crust 526 Major Regional Structures 529 Box 21-1 Transgressions and Regressions of the Sea: A Plate-tectonic Explanation 532 Box 21-2 The Alps 543 Box 21-3 The Collision between India and Eurasia 544 Deformational Forces 545
8 CHAPTER 22 THE PLANETS: A SUMMARY OF CURRENT KNOWLEDGE 547 Some Vital Statistics of Planets 548 The Moon 549 Mercury 561 Venus 562 Mars 563 The Terrestrial Planets Summing Up 569 Jupiter 570 Saturn 571 Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto 572 Meteorites 572 CHAPTER 23 MATTER AND ENERGY FROM THE EARTH 575 Energy from Fossil Fuels 576 Box 23-1 Measuring Energy 577 Petroleum and Natural Gas 578 Box 23-2 Nonrenewable Energy Reserves and Resources: World and United States 584 Coal 586 Box 23-2 Acid Rain 587 Oil Shale and Tar Sands 587 The Future of Fossil Fuels 589 Nuclear Power 589 Solar Energy 591 \ Geothermal Power 592 Energy Policy 593 Minerals as Economic Resources 594 Geology of Mineral Deposits 597 Finding New Mineral Deposits 603 APPENDIXES APPENDIX I CONVERSION FACTORS: METRIC-ENGLISH 612 APPENDIX II CONVERSION CHART: ENERGY UNITS 615 APPENDIX III NUMERICAL DATA PERTAINING TO EARTH 616 APPENDIX IV PROPERTIES OF THE MOST COMMON MINERALS OF THE EARTH'S CRUST 617 APPENDIX V TOPOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC MAPS 621 Glossary 626 Index 649
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